10 Ways Your Child Can Be a Better Friend to Autistic Peers

Autism Awareness Month: learning how you can adapt to autistic peers

Sarah McInnes
Invisible Illness
Published in
5 min readApr 10, 2022
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Chances are good that your children already know a classmate, neighbor or teammate who is autistic. Could your child be a better friend? Autistic kids and non-autistic kids generally struggle to connect socially with each other, and that can make it…

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Sarah McInnes
Invisible Illness

I write about neurodiversity, education, parenting, creativity, literature, memoir. UNC-CH Grad. Mom to a kid with ASD & ADHD https://linktr.ee/sarahmcinnes